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Host your own Ruth Hogan Book Club with a FREE hosting pack!

To celebrate the publication of Ruth Hogan’s latest story of heart and hope, The Phoenix Ballroom, in paperback, we’re offering 20 book groups the chance to claim a book club hosting pack.

The pack will include:
- A free copy of the book
- Reading group questions
- Refreshments and snacks
- Bookmarks

Email today to claim your pack, and host a book club throughout March and April. Celebrate the feel good read of the year in your own book community.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last fifty years.

Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a community drop-in centre could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for an array of damaged and lonely people.

As their stories intertwine, long-buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives renewed – the Phoenix lives up to its name.

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